Federal clemency record
Pardon · January 20, 2001
Granted by Bill Clinton (Democratic) to Samuel Loring Morison
Summary
Samuel Loring Morison received a pardon on January 20, 2001, from President Bill Clinton for convictions in the District of Maryland involving willful transmission of defense information, unauthorized possession and retention of defense information, and theft of government property under 18 U.S.C. §§ 641, 793(d), and 793(e). Morison had been convicted of disclosing classified satellite imagery to a British publication in 1984.
Offense
Willful transmission of defense information, unauthorized possession and retention of defense information, theft of government property; 18 U.S.C. §§ 641, 793(d), and 793(e)
D. Md.